Yamir
Masculine
Yamir joins a Ya- front to the -mir ending, and the -mir is a genuine Slavic element meaning peace or world.
How old is the name Yamir?
Yamir first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Yamir is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Yamir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yamir most popular?
Yamir peaked in 2023, reaching #2441 nationally. Today it ranks #2718, 277 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yamir
Our story of Yamir is a story of an ending in a new place. Slavic mir means both peace and the world and closes some of the oldest Slavic names. Latin American and American naming built -mir and -meer endings freely from the 1990s — Yamir, Jamir, Zamir, Symir — with Y and J fronts of their own. Yamir appears in that period, and only the back half has a documented ancestry.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Not documented as an inherited name. The -mir ending is a real Slavic element, 'peace' or 'world', closing Vladimir and Casimir. The Ya- front is a modern Latin American sound. Neither is established for this compound. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Yamir
yah-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Spanish gives both vowels a full value.
Nicknames for Yamir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 202355 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2441reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −11.3%47 in 2025, from 53
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yamir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yamir in Spanish — same name
- Jamir in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Yamirs among us
people named Yamir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 36,342 born in 2025 was named Yamir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mateus test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yamir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mateus climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mateus's path sketches the road Yamir is walking now.
Yamir sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Yamir is headed
Yamir looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 32% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yamir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yamir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The -mir ending carries a genuine Slavic word for peace.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It records a real Latin American naming practice.
- The compound is not documented in any source language.
- Jamir and Yamir are close enough to confuse.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yamirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Yamir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yamir in 2025?
- Yamir ranks #2718 among US boy names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yamir?
- About 1 in every 36,342 US boys born in 2025 was named Yamir — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yamir with classmates?
- Yamir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yamir
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